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spotthebird

(171 posts)
Thu Aug 16, 2018, 01:24 PM Aug 2018

Putin Ally Tweeted Brennan's Security Revocation Two Days Before The White House Knew About It

On July 24, two days before the the notice released yesterday was dated, a Russian tweeted that the news Brennan's clearance would be revoked.

It appears that weeks before the American people knew that Donald Trump would be revoking former CIA Director John Brennan’s security clearance, and days before the White House memo declaring it, Russia knew.

Specifically, a Russian billionaire with known connections to Vladimir Putin tweeted out a list of names and declared their security clearance void. John Brennan was on that list. Two days later, Trump announced he was revoking Brennan’s security clearance. Three weeks later, the American public was informed.

The Hill Reporter


It's strange that this isn't more widely covered.
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Putin Ally Tweeted Brennan's Security Revocation Two Days Before The White House Knew About It (Original Post) spotthebird Aug 2018 OP
They're all so greasy it's hard to pin them down donkeypoofed Aug 2018 #1
No. The names were disclosed prior to the Russian tweet Freethinker65 Aug 2018 #2
What day were they disclosed? nt spotthebird Aug 2018 #3
Link Freethinker65 Aug 2018 #5
K&R... appears we're being co-presidented....putin & trump spanone Aug 2018 #4
Something odd about the tweet of origin? Last sentence written in English??? 4139 Aug 2018 #6
If you google, you'll find it isn't covered at all. Hortensis Aug 2018 #7

Freethinker65

(10,022 posts)
5. Link
Thu Aug 16, 2018, 01:33 PM
Aug 2018

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Since this is starting to go viral: the day before this Russian's tweet, Sarah Sanders publicly named all of the people the Russian named. (See this WaPo article: <a href="https://t.co/HbUMnUQiEX">https://t.co/HbUMnUQiEX</a>.) He did not have inside info. <a href="https://t.co/e7j2vdk8zS">https://t.co/e7j2vdk8zS</a></p>— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) <a href="


?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 16, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

4139

(1,893 posts)
6. Something odd about the tweet of origin? Last sentence written in English???
Thu Aug 16, 2018, 02:09 PM
Aug 2018
https://mobile.twitter.com/artem_klyushin/status/1021714949473808387

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Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
7. If you google, you'll find it isn't covered at all.
Thu Aug 16, 2018, 02:15 PM
Aug 2018

Not yet, or ever depending. Remember, investigative journalists have to investigate rumors and other leads. And if they work for reputable news sources, their findings go through editorial verification processes for being okayed for publishing.

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